Step 10TRY THINGS
The photo near the bottom of the page shows a zither from a thrift store mounted with the grounding bar kalimba which holds uniform spring steel tines. The bar is sitting on a steel shim and the tines are slightly bent to get above the zither strings.
Example of instrument using plastic swizzle sticks for tines
New 2008 all thumb piano audio album:
Lamellaphone - http://cdbaby.com/cd/rpcollier4
http://www.doncampau.com/lw2007.htm
For more of my thumb piano experiments:
thumb pianos by RP Collier
thumb piano demos:
faux fur demo
chopping block lamellaphone
more mostly thumb piano videos:
videos by RP Collier
Example for tapping, scraping and bowing:
Greg Bossert of Suddensound.com also provides a great example of using mallets or drumsticks to tap long tines in the grounding bar which results in good bass tones:
http://www.suddensound.com/workshop/hammeredkalimba.html
Check out the sound sample:
http://www.suddensound.com/workshop/samples/hammeredkalimba.mp3
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